Sociology Cultural Diversity Assignment 2022

Running head: SOCIOLOGY: CULTURAL DIVERSITY
SOCIOLOGY: CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Name of the student
Name of the university
Author Note

1SOCIOLOGY: CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Culture can be defined as a set of beliefs, behaviors, objects and other characteristics that
are common to the members of a particular group, community or society. Culture is a medium by
which an individual, groups or communities define themselves as being a part of their collective
identity. I belong to the Punjabi community of India, which is an Indo-Aryan community
residing in the northern part of India (Karrebæk, Stæhr & Varis, 2015).
Gibb’s Reflective Cycle (1998) can be defined as a framework for examining
experiences, developed by Graham Gibb in 1998, providing a cyclic nature to repeated
experience, allowing an individual to plan and learn from the incidents and events that either
went well or didn’t (Husebø, O'Regan & Nestel, 2015). With the help of Gibb’s Reflective Cycle
(1998), I had been able to critically analyze my culture, which is inherently North Indian
(Punjabi) with the help of my own experiences, emotions and discoveries.
As I am a research scholar in social science, I happened to visit the villages of Punjab to
make an extensive study about the social and cultural dynamics of the state. My experience is
reflected through Gibb’s Reflective Cycle given hereafter.
Description:
Culture can be defined as a set of beliefs, behaviors, objects and other characteristics that are
common to the members of a particular group, community or society. Culture is a medium by
which an individual, groups or communities define themselves as being a part of their collective
identity. As a Punjabi, I believe in unity of thoughts and feelings. As a resident of border state in
India, my ancestors have been witness of political pressure and warfare. So, unity is inherent in
us (Singh & Dhanda, 2014).
Feelings: